A unique website dedicated to fishing information from Florida's Northern Big Bend. This includes the area from the Econfina River west to the Apalachicola River
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Came back from fishing at the mouth of the Ochlocknee this morning and was going to tie up my shrimp bucket to our community dock. As I approached the dock I could smell dead fish.
Looking into the water, I found a large fish kill of bait fish. All piled up in an oily slick against the weedline. I'm going to try and post the pics, but I don't have much luck at doing that. Do you think this could be part of the BP spill or a local problem?
Sent my pictures to FWC biologist Susan Hilbert this morning. She said she would review them and get back to me. She said it may be due to the extreme tides this weekend and the lack of oxygen in the water. She said the nasty oily stuff they were floating in, could be there own oily juices they shed when they die. I heard this morning that Tide Creek Marina was covered up with dead alewives also over the weekend. The good news is they are gone this morning, taken by the tide last night.
Aint no one shrimpin in that close right now! Now ifin JT was in the water around thar, that would explain a LOT
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